Fill in the gaps of the following text with appropriate articles. Put a cross for zero articles. 0.5×6 =3
- Patriotism is a noble (a) — virtue. It inspires (b) — man to shed last drop of blood to defend the freedom of his country. (c) man without patriotism is no better than (d) — beast. (e) — true patriot thinks for (f) — welfare of his country.
Answer-1: (a) ×; (b) a; (c) A; (d) a; (e) A; (f) the.
- English is (a) — international language. It is spoken all over (b) — world. So the importance of (c) — English cannot be described in words. All (d) — books of higher education are written in English. Today organizations need employees who can speak and write (e) — standard form of (f) — English.
Answer-2: (a) an; (b) the; (c) ×; (d) the; (e) a; (f) ×
- Every woman is (a) potential mother. (b) future of a child depends on how it is brought up. In this case (c) educated mother plays (d) important role. She can bring a child up better than (e) illiterate mother. Is it necessary to tell how important it is to educate (f) mother?
Answer- 3:
(a) a; (b) The; (c) an; (d) an; (e) an; (f) a.
- Tamzid is (a) __ university student. He studies at (b) __ Jahangirnagar University. His best friend is Bijoy. Bijoy studies at Dhaka University. He is one of (c) talented students of (d) university. Every teacher loves him. Tamzid hails from (e) Jhenaidah whereas Bijoy is from Chuadanga. They are the live example of true friendship. Whenever one friend falls in danger, (f) other friend comes forward to help.
Answer- 4:
(a) a; (b) ×; (c) the; (d) the; (e) ×; (f) the.
4.
(a) name of my father is Sheikh Khaled. He is (b) M.A. in English. He works for (c) private organization. He has been working there for last twelve years. His main job is to deal with the customers of (d) organization. He can speak (e) English fluently and so, he deals with the foreign customers. He is (f) honest and sincere to his work.
Answer- 4: a) The; b) an; c) a; d) the; e) ×; f) ×;
I am Nishi. I am (a) thirteen years old. I am in class eight. My father is (b) engineer. My mother is (c) teacher. I have one brother and one sister. They both go to (d) school. I have some friends in school and (e) neighbourhood. Of them, Soheli is my best friend. She (f) often comes to my house and plays with me.
Answer- 5: a) ×; b) an; c) a; d) ×; e) ×; f) ×;
6.
My name is Shayaan. I live in Mymensingh. (a) name of my school is Baghmara Bidyaniketon School. I am in class eight. Our School starts at 11:15 a.m. and finishes at 4:30 p.m. I am at (b) day shift. There is also (c) morning shift in our school. I am studying Bangla, (d) English, Math, Social Science, General Science and Religious Studies. I go to (e) school on foot and return home by rickshaw. I like our school very much because (f) teachers are very friendly.
Answer- 6: a) the; b) the; c) a; d) ×; e) ×; f) the.
My name is Anima Afrin. I live in (a) apartment in Dhaka. The name of my school is Shaheed Police Smriti School and College. I am in (b) class eight. I go to school by (c) auto-rickshaw and return home by (d) school bus. The teachers of my school are very friendly and (e) honest. They always tell us to be sincere and dutiful. We have a big playground in (f) school campus. I like my school very much.
Answer- 7: a) an; b) ×; c) ×; d) ×; e) ×; f) the.
8.
Mr Ahmed Faruque is (a) honourable teacher in our school. He teaches us Bangla. He wakes up very early in (b) morning and comes to school at 7 (c) sharp. His integrity and truthfulness is well-known to all. Apart from his subject, he teaches us (d) morality, principles and ethics. I am proud to be (e) student of such (f) esteemed and honest person.
Answer- 8: a) an; b) the; c) ×; d) ×; e) a; f) an.
Sadek is a poor boy. He is (a) JSC candidate. Today is (b) last date of paying exam fee. But he does not have enough money. He goes to his uncle’s house at (c) eleventh hour. His uncle is (d) esteemed person. He is (e) ex-professor of a reputed college. He is always ready to help his (f) nephew.
Answer- 9: a) a; b) the; c) the; d) an; e) an; f) ×.
Have you seen (a) ant? It is (b) active and hardworking insect. (c) ants work as a team. During summer, they collect their food and store them. In (d) winter, they don’t come out of their stored food. We see (e) example of unity in them. So, we should learn to be (f) united.
Answer- 10: a) an/×; b) an; c) ×; d) ×; e) the; f) ×.
A true friend is (a) asset. He stands by his friend in (b) time of danger. He is not a greedy person. He always wishes for (c) __ welfare of his friend. But it is (d) matter of fact that (e) ideal friend is very rare today. Do you have (f) friend who can be termed as an ideal one?
Answer- 11: a) an; b) ×; c) the; d) a; e) an; f) a.
12.
Last night, it was raining cats and dogs. I was returning home from my office by (a) bus. After getting down from (b) bus, I searched for (c) shelter, But unfortunately, I did not find such place. I wish I had (d) umbrella . Actually, I had it with me. Few days ago, I lost it from my (e) office. (f) umbrella was brought from Thailand by my uncle. It was nice and beautiful.
Answer- 12: a) ×; b) the; c) a; d) an; e) x; f) The.
13.
My mother is (a) very religious . She always advises me to follow (b) path of truth and honesty. She bears (c) good moral character. She is very kind to (d) poor. She is (e) ideal housewife. I love her (f) very much.
Answer- 13: a) ×; b) the; c) a; d) the; e) an; f) ×.
14.
My elder brother is (a) engineer. He works in Dhaka . Last summer he asked me to stay (b) few days with him. He sent me a plane (c) ticket. That was my first journey by (d) air. I arrived at (e) airport about (f) hour before the flight.
Answer- 14: a) an; b) a; c) ×; d) ×; e) the; f) an.
15.
Mr. Patrick is (a) European. As he is (b) Englishman, he knows (c) English very well. He is (d) honourable man to everyone. He is (e) younger of the two brothers. His father is an Englishman too but his mother is (f) French.
Answer- 15: a) a; b) an; c) ×; d) an; e) the; f) a
16.
Since Bangladesh is land of rivers it is (a) easy to make a journey by boat. Whenever I get (b) opportunity I try make (c) best use of the opportunity. When I (d) journey, my heart leaps with (e) joy. It is always pleasant and (f) instructive.
Answer- 16: a) ×; b) an; c) the; d) ×; e) ×; f) ×.
17.
(a) ant is an industrious (b) insect. No other insect is as industrious as (c) ant. If we open (d) pages of history, we will see that (e) men who have become great in (f) world were industrious.
Answer- 17: a) the; b) ×; c) an; d) the; e) the; f) the.
18.
Money cannot buy (a) happiness. Money is (b) must for our life. But it is not necessary to bring our happiness. Happiness is absolutely (c) psychological thing. It is (d) name of (e) feeling. It means contentment. He, who is satisfied with what he gets and contented with his life is really (f) happy man.
Answer- 18: a) ×; b) a; c) a; d) the; e) a; f) a.
Mr. Karim is an English (a) teacher. He is (b) M.A. in English. He serves in (c) ideal institution. He tries to lead (d) honest life . He is (e) most favourite teacher (f) to the students.
Answer-19 : a) ×; b) an; c) an; d) an; e) the; f)×.
Mobile phone is (a) wonder of modern technology. It has created (b) new era in modern civilization. It has brought (c) world closer. We can send (d) messages, play games, take snaps and even compose (e) music through mobile phone. It has become (f) part and parcel of our life.
Answer- 20: a) a; b) a; c) the; d) ×; e) ×; f)a.
Ha-du-du is (a) very popular game in Bangladesh. It is (b) outdoor game. Ha-du- du requires (c) small play ground. (d) ground is divided into two equal (e) parts. A line is drawn across (f) middle of the field.
Answer- 21: a) a; b) an; c) a; d) The; e)×; f) the.
James Norman Hall was (a) American writer. He wrote (b) interesting story that took place between him and (c) farmer. He rented (d) one roomed house. It was away from (e) town. He was doing (f) interesting writing there.
Answer- 22: a) an; b) an; c) a; d) a; e) the; f) an.
objective of education is not only to pass the exam and get (b) job but also to acquire knowledge and widen (c) third eye. (d) student should realize (e) fact. Otherwise his education will be (f) incomplete one.
Answer- 23: (a) The; (b) a; (c) the; (d) A; (e) the; (f) an.
Bangladesh is (a) land of rivers. She is in fact criss-crossed by (b) numerous rivers. These rivers play (c) important role in various sectors. Really they are very useful to (d) overall development of the country. The rivers we have are full to (e) brim in the rainy season. But in winter they take (f) shabby look.
Answer- 24: (a) a; (b) ×; (c) an; (d) the; (e) the; (f) a.
Energy is (a)__ life blood, so to say of (b) __ civilized society. The richer (c) __ country in energy resources, (d) __ greater is its progress and prosperity. Bangladesh is (e) __ undeveloped country. The reason is that it has (f) __ poor energy resource.
Answer-25: (a) a; (b) the; (c) the; (d) the; (e) an; (f) a.
Electronic mail is (a) __ modern method of instant delivery of letters without involvement of a postman. In this (b) __ system of mailing, messages are sent with the help of a computer. In the electronic mail system, a letter or any other document is typed and edited on (c) __ computer. It is then sent to (d) __ addressee through a computer network in (e) __ form of electronic signals. (f) __ addressee may be anywhere in the world.
Answer-26: (a) a; (b) x; (c) a; (d) the; (e) the; (f) The.
27. In Bangladesh (a) rural person who cultivates (b) land is known as a farmer. In most cases, he is (c) illiterate man. He learns farming from his ancestors. He goes out early in (d) morning and works all day long. He produces food for (e) others but his family often starves. (f) majority of our farmers are landless.
Answer-27: a) the; b) the; c) an; d) the; e) x; f) The.
28. The pied piper went to (a) street. He took out (b) pipe from his pocket. Then he began to play (c) uncommon tune. (d) rats from every house came out tumbling . (e) piper moved along the streets. It is (f) matter of wonder that the rats blindly followed him.
Answer-28: a) the; b) a; c) an; d) The; e) The; f) a.
29. Jamil’s school wanted to introduce (a) debating club. So, the teachers gave him (b) responsibility of (c) organizing the club. He was known as (d) organizer. He tried to find out students who were interested in debating. He went to every class when (e) teacher was not there and shouted. He found (f) good number of students who were interested in debating.
Answer-29: a) a; b) the; c) ×; d) an; e) the; f) a.
30. Sharrafi determined to do well in (a) exam. So, he began to work hard. But he was not a healthy boy. So, he was suffering (b) lot. He decided to consult a doctor. He made (c) appointment and met the doctor. The doctor was very (d) busy. He asked Sharrafi what his problem was. Sharrafi replied that he was not in good condition. He ate (e) good quantity of balanced diet but he felt uneasy. The doctor advised him to take (f) complete rest.
Answer-30: a) the; b) a; c) an; d) ×; e) a; f)×;
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